Uncertainty about steel product prices in the United Arab Emirates continued even after the country's biggest producer, Emirates Steel, announced a new rebar price on October 24, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 26.Emirates Steel has been offering rebar at 2,490 dirhams ($678) per tonne ex-works since October 24, rising from the previous 2,406 dirhams per tonne ex-works.But the price in...Read More
Chinese nickel products producer Lygend Mining has started trialing its second autoclave for mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) at its Halmahera Persada Lygend (HPAL) project in Indonesia, it said on Sunday October 24. The move is part of the project's first phase of operations, which has a target capacity of 36,000 tonnes of MHP. The first autoclave has been in production since May.A second phase,...Read More
Bids for spodumene concentrate reached $2,350 per dry metric tonne (dmt) on Tuesday October 26, at Pilbara Minerals' third auction via its Battery Material Exchange (BMX) platform, sources told Fastmarkets.The bids were for 10,000 dmt of spodumene concentrate (SC 5.5%) on an fob Port Hedland basis, with shipment in February 2022, according to market participants. The previous...Read More
Flat steel import prices into the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia decreased or were unchanged during the week ended Tuesday October 26, with only one deal heard, sources told Fastmarkets.Offer prices decreased from India during the week, and Saudi Arabia also offered hot-rolled coil at reduced prices to the UAE."Everyone is in wait-and-see mode," one trader said. "With the Chinese futures ma...Read More
China's imports of billet and slab increased in September from a month earlier but volumes were down year on year, according to the latest customs data.Billet imports totaled 1.13 million tonnes in September, up by 33% from 847,126 tonnes in August but down by 18% from September 2020.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel billet, import, cfr China averaged $700 per tonne in July and $686 per tonn...Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard...Read More
A decision by the European Union on the future of the bloc's scrap metal export trade, which is worth billions of euros per year, could come as early as December this year, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) conference in Brussels heard on Tuesday October 26.The recycling industry is facing tremendous challenges, panelists said. The EU has proposed restrictions on the export of "waste" ma...Read More
A summary of Norwegian aluminium and energy company Hydro's third-quarter results.In brief Hydro's third-quarter adjusted earnings before income tax depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) was 7,219 million Norwegian krone ($862 million), compared with 3,100 million krone in the same quarter last year. This was due to higher all-in metal and alumina prices, as well as improved upstream volumes, but...Read More
Seaborne premium coking coal prices inched downward on Tuesday October 26 with no trading in the market. Meanwhile, Chinese mills were still to accept the domestic coke price increase proposed on Monday.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $614.37 per tonne, down by $0.77 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $568.59 per tonne, unchangedPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT:...Read More
Rebar demand in China's domestic market strengthened on Tuesday October 26 amid good weather, though prices were unchanged with sellers coming under destocking pressure.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 5,350-5,400 yuan ($838-846) per tonne, unchangedRebar consumption rates among end users strengthened during the day with most parts of China experiencing mild weather conditions. This improved dem...Read More
Mexican ferrous scrap prices declined again over the past week, with lower prices becoming more widespread among buyers in the country's two main markets, sources told Fastmarkets.But market participants believe prices are close to reaching a bottom, with some buyers having difficulty securing deals at lower prices."We continued to see low prices, but it seems that prices are reaching a minim...Read More
An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets and their latest price moves in Asia, Europe and the United States on Tuesday October 26.Europe The ferro-chrome 0.10% C, average 65-70% Cr, delivered Europe soared to $3.43-3.75 per lb Cr, a rise of 38-50 cents (14%) over the previous two weeks to set a multi-year high. The market has become extremely tight, with some sellers not offering on th...Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued their deep-sea scrap purchases ahead of an upcoming national holiday, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 26.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US-origin cargo comprising 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) and 10,000 tonnes of shredded at an average price of $513 per tonne cfr.This compared with the most recent deep-sea cargoes book...Read More
Sentiment in China's import market for steel billet warmed on Tuesday October 26 following a more solid performance by ferrous futures markets and reports of better power supply in the east of the country.Physical rebar and billet prices remained flat in key Chinese local markets on Tuesday, while the most-traded January rebar futures contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) closed at 4,91...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 Index were unchanged in pre-opening trade.The Canadian Dollar was quiet at US80.62 cents prior to an economic update to be released by the Bank of Canada at 10:00 AM EDT. A conference call following the update is scheduled at 11:00 AM EDT. Consensus calls for no change in the Bank of Canada's overnight lending rate to major Canadian ba...Read More
A summary of the operational results for Russia's largest steelmaker, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), which also has assets in Europe and the United States, for the third quarter (July-September) of 2021In brief?EUR? In the third quarter, NLMK's consolidated sales decreased by 4% compared with the second quarter, to 4.1 million tonnes amid steel output reductions at its Russian flat steel division.?EUR?...Read More
Sales volumes from Brazilian flat-rolled steel distributors decreased by 27.69% in September, compared with the corresponding month last year, national distributor association Inda said on Tuesday October 26.There was a much stronger base of comparison this year compared with 2020, when the market was rapidly recovering from lows caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.Sales totaled 291,500 tonnes in Sept...Read More
The aluminium industry could reduce the carbon intensity of its metal production to under one tonne by 2050 if it works towards limiting the rise in the mean global temperature to 1.5 ?C above pre-industrial levels, the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) said.In this 1.5 ?C scenario, carbon intensity would fall from an average of 16.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per tonne of aluminium curr...Read More
Guidance for China to achieve its carbon emissions peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 was jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Sunday October 24.The guidance specifies that by the year 2025, China's energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product will be reduced by 13.5% from 2020 levels, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per...Read More